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Sylas E shield moved on PBE again. Where do you prefer it?

AMADEUSdotEXE·7/7/2019, 3:27:34 AM·1 votes·2,703 views

Currently it's being moved back to E1 from E2.

Personally I think his trading potential is actually better on shield E2. He also just feels more rewarding to play when you get a nice little knock-up and a shield for landing the chain. His survivability is also arguably better in situations where you would land an E2 while you were low on HP and when they came back from the stun, you'd have a shield to protect you for a bit. With the shield on E1, if you're like me and you use E1 to play mindgames, the shield will probably fade away by the time you decide to throw out E2. I like to wait and see how they react to my dash/line up a shot so I can get my shield. I guess this could encourage you to throw the chain out sooner instead of holding onto it until your opponent opens themself up.

Although if this was meant to be a nerf, then I understand. They did say they wanted to move power around but personally if this does go through I'll miss E2 shield :( I actually had thought bout how I wished it was on E2 when he first came out xD. Better all ins... Oh and e2 shield also made the Zed (similar ones with delayed/dot damage) matchup a bit better IMO because if you played well you could shield the Death Mark while being aggressive. WBU?

23 Comments

Hayaishi27/7/2019, 4:12:07 AM3 votes

What about no shield?

He already heals.

Agent Corgi7/7/2019, 5:46:45 AM3 votes

I think the only thing I don't really like about the Sylas [E] Changes are the fact that the Shield Type is now a Magic Damage Shield instead of a regular one. While I get that it makes sense theme wise (Sylas's chains being made of petricite), making it a magic shield is going to make AD Matchups a tad more difficult to deal with. You won't be able to shield yourself from Physical Damage attacks (such as Zed's All-in combo for example) or use your shield to stave off an Ignite's duration.

iiGazeii7/7/2019, 4:29:56 AM2 votes

The new shield is a magic-damage-only shield. It's on E1 so that you can use it to eat spells from mages before going all in. Refreshing the shield on E2 or even just refreshing the duration would be a nice change.

But it looks like they're really pushing Sylas to be a jungler, since his W will now heal him when used on large monsters. He'll have a much healthier clear than ever.